Eli Korer is an associate in the Chicago office of Barnes & Thornburg LLP and a member of the Corporate Department.

Mr. Korer represents public and private companies in various corporate matters, including corporate formations, corporate governance and compliance, financing, commercial transactions, securities, mergers, stock and asset acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures, and commercial real estate transactions.

Prior to joining Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Mr. Korer focused his practice on representing privately held companies in general corporate and real estate transactions.

Mr. Korer received his J.D., honors graduate, from the Valparaiso University Law School and his B.A., magna cum laude, from Boston University. While at Valparaiso University School of Law, he was awarded the Corpus Juris Secundum by the law facility for most significant overall contribution to the school of law, and he was elected chief justice of the Moot Court Society, where he was a semi-finalist in and the best oralist of the Irving R. Kaufman Memorial Securities Law Competition. While at Boston University, Mr. Korer was a member of the rowing team, and mock trial and mock mediation teams.

Mr. Korer serves as a member of the Lincoln Park Zoo Auxiliary Board.

Mr. Korer is admitted to practice in the state of Illinois, as well as before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.